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USS Despatch in an unidentified port with a small tug astern, 1873.US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 54500

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USS Despatch, left and USS Tallapoosa, left, at Bar Harbor, ME., 10 September 1882, during the visit to Bar Harbor by then President Chester Arthur.Photo courtesy Maine Historical Preservation Commission.

USS Despatch pierside with sails spread, date and location unknown.US National Archives, RG-19-A-31, Photo # 19-N-19-11-11 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.

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USS Despatch while assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, date and location unknown.US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 54503

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The wreck of USS Despatch on Assateague Island off the Virginia coast, October 1891Courtesy Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA.